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James Bond 007, Vol. 2 by Greg Pak

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⭐⭐⭐ ⭐  Stars Blurb A friendship is finished. The world is in peril. And Goldfinger wants diamonds? You think you know Goldfinger. But you don't know THIS Goldfinger. Go inside the mind of the most ruthless sociopath in the world, courtesy of GREG PAK (World War Hulk, Weapon X) and ERIC GAPSTUR (Batman Beyond, The Flash: Year Zero). James Bond 007, Vol. 1 by Greg Pak  A very entertaining graphic novel. These graphic novels are like a breath of fresh air when it comes to canon readers. The stories are blunt and slip several decades back to give the feel of the original Fleming novels.  The experience is very different for the Bond we have come to love from the recent movie adaptations. There are current situations in the stories and we see Lee again getting a lot of page time in the story. Even Aria gets a lot of presence in the story.  The story features the quintessential Bond villain Goldfinger as the sociopathic villain continuing from the previous volume. Here he ...

James Bond: Hammerhead Vol. 1 by Andy Diggle a Graphic book review

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COVER PAGE  ðŸ‘† ALTERNATE CLASSIC COVER PAGE  ðŸ‘† James Bond: Hammerhead Vol. 1 Synopsis Bond is assigned to hunt down and eliminate Kraken, a radical anti-capitalist who has targeted Britain's newly-upgraded nuclear arsenal. But all is not as it seems. Hidden forces are plotting to rebuild the faded glory of the once-mighty British Empire, and retake by force what was consigned to history. 007 is a cog in their deadly machine - but is he an agent of change, or an agent of the status quo? Loyalties will be broken, allegiances challenged. But in an ever-changing world, there's one man you can rely on: Bond. James Bond. Hammerhead Brief Bond must navigate the murky waters of the arms trading world, as a radical anti-capitalist force, Kraken, schemes in the shadows. After a covert mission to investigate Kraken in Caracas, Venezuela, ends with Bond's lead in pieces, 007 is recalled and sent by M to attend an arms fair by the side of the heiress to Hunt Engineering, Victoria. The ...